RVH opens cardiac unit

RVH opens cardiac unit

BARRIE - Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) has opened its first Cardiac Renal inpatient unit.
“The new 32-bed Cardiac Renal inpatient unit enhances our ability to care for this type of patient with a specially trained staff and advanced equipment,” said Janice Skot, RVH president and CEO in a press release. “Telemetry Central Monitoring management for heart patients means every nurse on the new unit is involved in the continuous monitoring of their patients. We are very excited about introducing this new model of care at RVH.”
On Wednesday, 32 patients were transferred to the new Cardiac and Renal unit.
One patient every three minutes was moved by a specially-trained team that included nursing staff, allied health and volunteers.
The opening of this new unit, followed on the heels of the Dec. 3 opening of the region’s first Cardiac Care Unit (CCU).
“A dedicated Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) means that the sickest heart patients in the community will now be looked after by staff with expertise dedicated to their care. It means those heart patients will have access to the best equipment, the best nurses, and the best doctors for the job,” said RVH cardiologist, Dr. Brad Dibble. “Specialized units like this are usually found in the largest city hospitals and those connected to universities. This is a great advancement for RVH and for our region.”